Singapore's 40 Richest

#3 Wee Cho Yaw & family

08.20.08,
11:00 PM ET

Munshi Ahmed

Age79Net Worth$3.6 billionMarried, 5 children

Remains chairman of Singapore's United Overseas Bank after handing chief executive reigns to son Wee Ee Cheong last year. Bank shares up slightly over past year. Graduated from high school in China. President of the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations.

To compile this list we looked at shareholdings in publicly traded companies as well as in private company filings. For people with publicly traded fortunes net worths were calculated using current share prices and exchange rates. For privately held fortunes we estimated what they would be worth if public.